Romeo and Juliet (2015)

Mercutio (actor, Jeffrey C. Hawkins, right) advises his friend Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader, left) in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader) meets Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) at a masquerade ball in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader) and Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) share the spotlight in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

The expert swordsman Tybalt (actor, Dan Lawrence) takes center stage in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Tybalt (actor, Dan Lawrence, right) and Mercutio (actor, Jeffrey C. Hawkins, right) engage in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader) takes center stage in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Friar Lawrence (actor, Lynn Robert Berg) councils a determined Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens, below) is consoled by her Nurse (actor, Laura Welsh Berg, above) in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader) discovers his lost love Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

A heartbroken Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) mourns the heart-rending loss of her soulmate Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader) in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

A match made in heaven. Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader) and Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) embrace in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

Comfort and joy. Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens, right) shares a tender moment with her Nurse (actor, Laura Welsh Berg, left) in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

A radiant Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) basks in the glow of newfound love in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)

“Parting is such sweet sorrow” for the star-crossed couple Romeo (actor, Matt Schwader) and Juliet (actor, Hillary Clemens) in Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Sand Harbor State Park which runs through August 22. (Photo by Joy Strotz)